Buckfast Abbey

Summary

Buckfast Abbey is an abbey^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of abbey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Buckfast Abbey's religion is recorded as Catholicism^[3].
• Buckfast Abbey is located in Buckfastleigh^[4].
• Buckfast Abbey is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Buckfast Abbey's image is recorded as Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon 8.JPG^[6].
• Buckfast Abbey's instance of is recorded as abbey^[7].
• Buckfast Abbey's architect is recorded as Frederick Walters^[8].
• Buckfast Abbey's architectural style is recorded as Romanesque Revival architecture^[9].
• Buckfast Abbey's architectural style is recorded as Romano-Gothic^[10].
• Buckfast Abbey's architectural style is recorded as Tudor Revival architecture^[11].
• Buckfast Abbey's ISNI is recorded as 0000000103283884^[12].
• Buckfast Abbey's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154211557^[13].
• Buckfast Abbey's location is recorded as Buckfast^[14].
• Buckfast Abbey's Commons category is recorded as Buckfast Abbey^[15].
• +1001-01-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Buckfast Abbey^[16].
• Buckfast Abbey was dissolved in +1539-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Buckfast Abbey's religious order is recorded as Benedictines^[18].
• Buckfast Abbey's mother house is recorded as Savigny Abbey^[19].
• Buckfast Abbey's OS grid reference is recorded as SX7414767411^[20].
• Buckfast Abbey's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.492777777778, 'lon': -3.7755555555556}^[21].
• Buckfast Abbey's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0qjnw^[22].
• Buckfast Abbey's diocese is recorded as Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth^[23].
• Buckfast Abbey's dedicated to is recorded as Mary^[24].
• Buckfast Abbey's official website is recorded as http://www.buckfast.org.uk^[25].
• Buckfast Abbey's MusicBrainz place ID is recorded as 7e175c8b-095e-4fb5-ade8-644729096049^[26].
• Buckfast Abbey's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1209774^[27].

Body

Founding

+1001-01-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Buckfast Abbey^[16].

Dissolution

Buckfast Abbey was dissolved in +1539-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Buckfast Abbey include Buckfast Tonic Wine^[28], a brand^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1880^[31].

Why It Matters

Buckfast Abbey ranks in the top 3% of abbey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Buckfast Tonic Wine^[28], a brand^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1880^[31].